European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2. B the stars and stripes Friday june 21,1991 at a glance w ,7 a captured German Soldier huddles against the cold in Stalingrad in this 1943 photo. Saturday Marks the Soth anniversary or Germany a invasion of the soviet Union. See pages 14-16. ,. Gag order imposed William Kennedy Smiths. Trial judge has imposed a scaled Back gag order that expresses her con a Cern about publicity. A Page 4 weapons proliferation the Industrial Powers have sold advanced weapons so excessively that they a Are losing control of key military technology a report claims. A a a a a a a v a Page 5 a humvee for Sale. In the Market for a rugged car that can. Climb Hills and conquer Sand. Dunes a. A a a a. A page6. Hulk Hogan on steroids a doctor faces a Federal trial on charges of supplying steroids., to a Hulk Hogan and four other professional wrestlers. Quot a a a a a a v \ a a Page 7 a a Escobar behind bars Pablo Escobar the worlds most powerful drug Boss settled thursday into a luxurious colombian  after sur rending. A. Page 8 study paints uneven portrait economists remain unsure when the upturn will Start but  that a like the recession a it will be a experienced differently among the nation s regions and industries. A Page 17 p .1 Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-20-21 commentary. 13 crossword ----.19 letters. 12 Money matters .17 sports. 22-28 to listings 22 weather ____.11 Washington apr president Bush warmly welcomed Radical reformer Boris Yeltsin to the White House on thursday but immediately reaffirmed . Support for the Man often targeted by the new russian presidents criticism a Mikhail s. Gorbachev. A. A i want to be very Clear about this the United states will continue to maintain the closest possible official relationship with the soviet government  Gorbachev a Bush told Yeltsin at the opening of their talks. Yeltsin capping a triumphant visit to Washington arrived at the White House in a chauffeur driven limousine led by a procession of motorcycle police. It was in Sharp contrast to his 1989 visit when Bush refused to give Yeltsin a formal a Point mint though he did see him briefly. Congratulating him on his election As russian president Bush said. A the won by a landslide. A a a a Quot -. A we have been heartened and encouraged by president Yeltsin a commitment a to democratic values and free Market principles and we look Forward to work my with him a Bush said. \ Yeltsin assured him in their first few minutes of conversation Bush said that a the and president Gorbachev arc in very close Contact and working cooperatively together to achieve these ends.�?�. P a the knows that i have great respect for president Gorbachev As i have for him a the american president added a and our ability to work together has produced i think enormous benefits for. Both of our  / Yeltsin told Bush that his election a russians first presidential balloting a was a mandate for democracy and a profound economic and social Reform a yet Yeltsin said �?owe1 still have forces Back at Home that want to go Back to the times of stagnation. A. A a i assure you this will not happen a the populist Leader told Bush through an interpreter. A Russia which accounts for 70 percent of the Gross National product of the soviet Union is firmly committed to democracy and will not allow any  7 a. A Yeltsin also met with Commerce Secretary Robert a. Mosbacher and Macri can business executives to discuss expanding Trade and investment in Russia Norwalk Conn. Up Veteran newsman Harry Reasoner was hospitalized in critical condition thursday suffering from pneumonia a week after surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain a Hospital spokesman said. 1 Reasoner 6.8, a senior correspondent and founding member of cd so popular newsmagazine show 60 minutes was operated on june 12 at Norwalk Hospital a lbs spokesman said. Y. A a. A Hospital spokesman said thursday that Reasoner Quot remains in critical condition a but referred other queries about Reasoner to his network. Reasoner who has worked for the network off and on for 27 years entered the medical facility june 11 complaining that lie was not feeling Well. Doctors immedi Atchly detected the pneumonia and later found the blood clot. Reasoner recently had become an Edi for emeritus on 60 minutes and he was planning on remaining a contributing correspondent for lbs news. Reasoner a resident of Westport Conn., is married and has seven children lie worked As an Anchorman for Abc news from 1971-78. He was born april 17,1923, in Dakota City Iowa. Reasoner began his journalistic career with the Minneapolis times. After duty with the army in world War ii he returned to the times As drama critic from 1946 to 1948. He became a new writer for station Waco in Minneapolis in 1950 and spent1, three years with the United states information Agency in the Philippines he re turned to Minneapolis As news director of key to in 1954. Reasoner joined lbs in 1956 and Over the next 14 years was the Host of a number of news programs and specials served As Washington correspondent and emerged As a Likely successor to the networks chief Anchorman Walter Cronkite. In 1968j lbs introduced 60afvnufcswith Reasoner and Mike Wallace As co hosts. Reasoner in 1970, Reasoner moved to Abc. Originally teamed with Howard k. Smith he became sole Anchor of abcs evening news in 1975 and also was seen in news specials and the Reasoner report. Problems developed in 1976 when Abc hoping to build its ratings hired Barbara Walters away from Abc and assigned her As co Anchor with Reasoner. It was a mismatch and lbs welcomed Reasoner Back to its fold in 1978. Reasoner returned to 60 minutes and remained with the program when one of his fellow hosts Dan rather succeeded Cronkite in March 1981. Reasoner who watched television news develop from its infancy in the Early 1950s, said he Felt the networks put too much emphasis on Washington in presenting the daily news. A i do  this concentration on Washington a Reasoner said. A the trouble with All journalism print or broadcast is that its so terribly easy to fall into a pattern. There a so much More to do Ana so much of a Challenge than anyone can meet that to evolve a method or pattern of Deal in with it is extremely  hell Nikon a nears Athens up a the . Air base at hell Nikon is scheduled to close next week and will be turned Over to civilian use by the greek government. Deputy prime minister Tzannis Zann Conkis said thursday a. /. A a. The hell Nikon base which has  for 44 years was being closed As part of a . Decision announced in january 1990 to shut a number of american military facilities around the Globe a Tzanetakis a former prime minister said the base was scheduled to formally close june 28, and the facility would be turned Over to the adjacent Athens International Airport located about seven Miles South of the capital. The closing ceremony at the base is to take place just three weeks before president Bush a scheduled two Day visit to Greece. Earlier a . Air Force announcement said a at a closing ceremony on june 28, the base commander will formally retire the american Flag and return the base to out greek  a in 1967, during the Arab israeli War hell Nikon played a role in the evacuation of . Citizens in the Middle East and served a similar role during the persian Gulf crisis this year. Tzanetakis old journalists the hell Nikon site will be used to expand Athens Airport until a new International Airport is built at. Spata about 10 Miles East of the capital. The Spata Airport is scheduled to open in 1996. At that time the facilities at hell Nikon will be closed and pass into history he said. A. A. Last year the United states closed a communications base at Nea Makri some 14 Miles Northeast of Athens. Work on dismantling Hetle a Nikon began almost immediately. The United  operates two bases one air and the other naval on the greek Island of Crete in the East Mediterranean 70 Pir Masens soldiers return from Gulf duty Pir Masens Germany a seventy soldiers assigned to co a 63rd signal in returned to Pir Masens on tuesday after spending 5vi months in saudi Arabia for operation desert storm. A new Home As Well As friends and families awaited the 70 soldiers. They deployed in january from the Pir Masens Community a Wassweiler Cavern. That cd sern is being returned to the German government under the us. Army Europe base closure plan. As a result the 63rd�?Ts soldiers Are based now in Munchweiler about six Miles from Pir Masens. The unit is the last of the Pir Masens units to re deploy from desert storm although there Are additional Pir Masens soldiers still serving in saudi Arabia. Actress Jean Arthur Dies Carmel Calif. Up a Jean Arthur the Pixie like actress with a fluted voice who was a favorite in the comedies of the 1930s and 1940s, died at a convalescent Home. She was 90, Arthur who had been admitted to the Carmel convalescent Hospital about a month ago died about 3 . Wednesday of natural causes said Floyd hard Castle the owner of the facility. The actress who starred in such films As or. Smith goes to Washington or. Deeds goes to town and you can to take it with you had retired in 1953 after making the classic Western Shane but returned to hoi Lywood 12 years later to do an episode of gun smoke